Yann Aurel Bisseck
Country: Germany
Date of birth: 29/11/2000 (16 years old)
Place of birth: Germany
Height: 194cm
Youth career: 1.FC Köln
Current club: 1.FC Köln
Squad number: —
Current national team: Germany U-17
Position: central defender, defensive midfielder
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —
Tournaments participated in: 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup (3/1)
Contract until: 30.06.2019
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Raphaël Varane
Strengths:
– aerial duels 
– marking
– athleticism
– tackling and intercepting
– anticipation 
– concentration 
– composure
– ability to read the game
– bravery 
Weaknesses:
– fairly good coordination, pace and agility for a player of his size, but he still may struggle a bit in front of skilful players with fast direction shifts/great acceleration skills at short distances
– still has margin to improve his defensive positioning/covering depth
Style of play:
– large, consistent, and physically strong player who feels very comfortable in contact situations
– able to play as a defensive midfielder if needed thanks to his vision, ability to read the game and tactical awareness
– able to play in a three-man defensive line system
– fairly comfortable with the ball at his feet
– very good at recovering from mistakes thanks to his long legs and determination
– possesses significant upper-body strength
– accurate and tenacious tackler
– likes to maraud forward
– extremely dominant in the air
– indirect set-piece threat
– high tackling and interception rate
– able to control the threat of the attacker without causing an imbalance in the defensive line
– concentrated, determined and commited player with very good rate of individual and collective work
He is best suited to playing as:
Central defender in 4-3-3.
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League summary (as for 26 November 2017):
Bundesliga 2017/2018 (ongoing) 1 match/0 goals (Köln)
Description:
Yann Aurel Bisseck is a product of 1.FC Köln academy – youth system that has been responsible for producing many interesting players in recent years, including Timo Horn, Yannick Gerhardt, Mitchell Weiser & Salih Özcan. Thanks to his very good performances for “The Billy Goats” U19 team the coaches of the national team took notice of him and he earned a call-up to FIFA U-17 World Cup in India, where in the beginning he was a reserve player, but since the third group match he was promoted to the main team and he played till the quarter-final, in which Germany dropped out with very strong Brazil.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
8/10 
First team material in a top European club.
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